Relapse Prevention Therapy

In working to recover from addiction, you face an uphill battle. But like any battle, your healthier future is more easily won with the right tools and tactics. These tools and tactics for substance use disorder include relapse prevention therapy (RPT). RPT helps you form a clear plan for strong sobriety for the long term.

Why You Need Relapse Prevention Therapy

Statistics prove you face high relapse rates after alcohol or drug addiction treatment. But you can greatly reduce the risk of your own relapse through RPT.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) forms the basis of RPT. This therapy helps you understand your risk for relapse. It also helps you anticipate problems before relapse occurs, in the earliest stages of risk for abusing drugs or alcohol. Using things you learn in RPT, you manage your risks and rebuild your strength for continued sobriety.

RPT originally took place in aftercare. Counselors taught people in recovery these tactics for staying sober. But today’s rehab programs better understand the need for relapse prevention education, therapy and support from the very first days of sobriety.

Whether you face your first trip into rehab or need to attend another program after past recovery attempts, RPT helps you improve your chances of lasting recovery.

Relapse Prevention History

In the 1980s, two doctorate-level therapists developed RPT for treatment of their alcohol and drug addiction clients. One of these doctors, G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, also taught psychology and led a university-based addiction treatment center.

Using CBT-based relapse prevention, the two doctors influenced another addictions expert, Terence Gorski, to develop his own style of RPT. The original therapy was further adapted for cocaine treatment by three professors of psychiatry at Yale University.

Many studies exist as reviews of relapse prevention therapy effects. These studies took place in the United States, Canada and Scotland. From these studies came some clear awareness of how RPT works in addiction recovery. The experts learned that the longer people stay sober, the higher their self-confidence in recovery.

They also learned that recovering people grow in their addiction knowledge over time. That is, until they feel vulnerable to life stress. During this type of high risk scenario, they lose self-confidence and feeling of being secure in sobriety. This increases the need for relapse prevention therapy.

For example, high risk situations making you vulnerable to relapse include:

Negative emotional health

Social pressure to use

Relationship problems

Absence of quality coping skills

Life stress, such as in your work or finances

Finding the Utah Rehab Treatment and Relapse Prevention You Need

Finding the best addiction treatment center in Utah comes more easily than you think. Acqua Recovery Center in Salt Lake City, Utah provides the highest quality of rehab treatment, starting in detox and continuing through aftercare. Part of this treatment includes relapse prevention therapy for your best chance of lifelong sobriety.

Acqua Recovery provides a serene, beautiful environment for learning about your addiction and building your future in recovery. A major part of this experience is relapse prevention therapy. You also gain a recovery coach to help you find your way in early sobriety. Call Acqua Recovery now at 866.830.4628 to learn more about available treatment in the Salt Lake City, UT area.

Recover in a peaceful, supportive, pro-recovery environment with Acqua Recovery!